Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers go down to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, there they go again.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

In Context

6The wind goes to the south, turning back again to the north; circling round for ever.

8All things are full of weariness; man may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its hearing.

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Cross References

Psalms 104:6Covering it with the sea as with a robe: the waters were high over the mountains;

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 1:5-9

The Vanity of the World. 4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. 5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. 6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. 7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. 8 All things are full of… Read the whole commentary →

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